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Summary

  • Adds a "Mutation-testing workflow contract tests" section to
    docs/developers-guide.md, inserted between "Running Tests" and "Proof
    workflows" (the guide has no existing mutation-testing section and no
    table of contents/index to cross-link, so this is a new top-level ##
    section with no TOC entry to add).
  • Documents the actual caller,
    .github/workflows/mutation-testing.yml,
    which delegates to leynos/shared-actions/.github/workflows/mutation-cargo.yml
    pinned at 927edd45ae77be4251a8a18ca9eb5613a2e32cbd, its real with:
    inputs (paths, exclude-globs, extra-args: --all-features), and the
    contract test at
    tests/workflow_contracts/mutation_testing_test.py.
  • Documents the pin-only adoption rationale specific to this repository:
    the mutation caller's exclude-globs does not (and cannot) fully mirror
    make test's TEST_EXCLUDES, because the excluded crates
    (whitaker, function_attrs_follow_docs, module_max_lines,
    no_expect_outside_tests) use feature(rustc_private) under the
    dylint-driver feature and need the dynamic-linking RUSTFLAGS
    (-C prefer-dynamic -Z force-unstable-if-unmarked) injected only by the
    test/typecheck Makefile targets — see the note in
    .cargo/config.toml. The shared mutation workflow has no equivalent
    per-crate RUSTFLAGS step, so this repository does not (and cannot) run a
    full --test-workspace mutation baseline matching the CI test scope
    wholesale. The section states this honestly rather than claiming parity.

Details

  • Contract-test style: shape-only (USES_RE regex asserting a full
    40-hex commit SHA pin, not a hard-coded value), so Dependabot bumps the
    pin without an accompanying test edit. No pytestmark/skipif guard is
    present or needed — this is a Rust workspace, not a Python package whose
    tests run inside a mutmut sandbox.
  • Local run command documented: make test-workflow-contracts, which wraps
    uv run --with 'pytest>=8' --with 'pyyaml>=6' pytest tests/workflow_contracts -q.
  • Roadmap/execplan tracking: checked docs/roadmap.md and
    docs/execplans/* — no task references mutation testing or this doc
    work, so no roadmap/execplan tracking applies and none was
    annotated.
  • Docs lint: ran make markdownlint (spelling via typos, then
    markdownlint-cli2 across all 69 Markdown files in the repository).
    Both passed with zero errors after fixing two -ise/-ize spelling
    issues (summarisingsummarizing, serialisesserializes) that
    the new section introduced.

Deviations from the template

  • The template's Permutation B assumed extra-args would carry a
    --test-workspace/--workspace flag; whitaker's caller instead uses
    extra-args: --all-features (matching the Makefile's CARGO_FLAGS
    feature baseline), with workspace-wide coverage coming from the paths
    input rather than a mutants flag. The section documents the real value
    and explains the pin-only reasoning instead.

Edited files: docs/developers-guide.md, docs/contents.md, and
docs/adr-004-pin-only-mutation-testing-contract.md.

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Summary by Sourcery

Document and formalize the pin-only mutation-testing workflow contract and its accepted scope limitations.

Enhancements:

  • Document the mutation-testing workflow’s declared configuration, informational scope, contract-test coverage, and pin-only adoption rationale given its limitations relative to the Makefile test baseline.

Documentation:

  • Add ADR 004 recording the decision to contract-test the pinned mutation workflow configuration without claiming full CI test-scope parity.
  • Add the mutation-testing workflow contract-test guidance and local execution instructions to the developers guide.
  • Link ADR 004 from the documentation contents page.

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Summary

  • Document the mutation-testing workflow contract, including triggers, inputs, SHA pin shape, permissions, concurrency, and contract-test commands.
  • Record the pin-only design and its limitations in ADR-004.
  • Add ADR-004 to the documentation contents.
  • Reformat three existing ExecPlans to satisfy Markdown linting without changing their technical content.

Walkthrough

Document the mutation-testing workflow contract, its pin-only decision, and its contract-test coverage. Reformat three execution-plan sections without changing their documented behaviour or test evidence.

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Mutation-testing contract documentation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Document workflow contract
docs/adr-004-pin-only-mutation-testing-contract.md, docs/developers-guide.md, docs/contents.md
Document workflow modes, mutation-scope inputs, SHA pinning, the pin-only decision, scope limitations, and the ADR index entry.
Document contract-test coverage
docs/developers-guide.md
Document the test suite, make test-workflow-contracts, and validation of pin shape, inputs, permissions, concurrency, and triggers.

Execution-plan formatting

Layer / File(s) Summary
Reformat execution-plan details
docs/execplans/3-4-2-publish-rolling-release.md, docs/execplans/6-2-1-implement-metric-collection-for-wmc.md, docs/execplans/8-2-1-create-the-rstest-helper-lint-crate.md
Reformat packaging API descriptions, the record_reference declaration, and installer test evidence. Preserve the documented behaviour, commands, and test counts.

Poem

Pin the workflow, clear and bright,
Record each trigger, scope, and right.
Reformat plans with ordered lines,
While contract knowledge neatly shines.

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Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
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Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Testing (Overall) ✅ Passed The PR changes only Markdown files; no executable or workflow files changed. The substantive mutation workflow tests already existed unchanged at the base revision.
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Testing (Compile-Time / Ui) ✅ Passed Pass: The PR changes only Markdown documentation; it introduces no Rust/TypeScript compile-time behaviour or runtime/UI output requiring trybuild or snapshot tests.
Unit Architecture ✅ Passed Pass this check: the full PR diff contains only six Markdown documentation files; it adds no executable units, dependencies, queries, commands, fallible APIs, or side-effects.
Domain Architecture ✅ Passed The merge-base diff changes only six documentation files; it introduces no domain, adapter, transport, persistence, or infrastructure implementation changes.
Observability ✅ Passed Pass this check: the cumulative diff changes only Markdown files; it introduces no operational behaviour, logging, metrics, tracing, alerts, or observability requirement.
Security And Privacy ✅ Passed The diff contains only Markdown changes; scans found no credential literals or executable injection content, and workflow, permission, token, and configuration files are unchanged.
Performance And Resource Use ✅ Passed Pass this check: the pull request changes only Markdown files; the diff introduces no executable code, loops, allocations, I/O, blocking work, or other runtime resource behaviour.
Concurrency And State ✅ Passed The candidate range changes only Markdown; the pre-existing workflow and concurrency contract test have identical base and head blobs, so no concurrency behaviour was introduced.
Architectural Complexity And Maintainability ✅ Passed Keep this change: the PR modifies only Markdown files; it adds no abstractions, dependencies, modules, orchestration, or dependency edges, and referenced workflow/test code remains unchanged.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title accurately summarises the main documentation change and does not require roadmap or issue references.
Description check ✅ Passed The description clearly relates to the mutation-testing workflow documentation and its accepted scope limitations.
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Add a "Mutation-testing workflow contract tests" section to the
developer's guide describing the thin caller workflow, its
configuration, the pin-only adoption rationale (dylint crates needing
per-target RUSTFLAGS that the shared workflow cannot reproduce), and
the local command for running the contract test suite.
Preserve the architectural constraint that the shared mutation workflow
cannot reproduce Whitaker's per-crate test flags. Document the accepted
declared-configuration contract and link it from the maintainer guide.
Record the decision's accepted date in UTC and compare the rejected
alternatives explicitly. Restructure the affected historical ExecPlans so
their long signatures and commands remain lint-compliant after formatting.
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